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	ip-address.8: Document autojoin flag
Description copied from related kernel support commit message with a little tailoring to fit. While at it, fix font of non-terminal CONFFLAG-LIST in synopsis. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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				@ -77,14 +77,15 @@ ip-address \- protocol address management
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.IR FLAG " := "
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.RB "[ " permanent " | " dynamic " | " secondary " | " primary " |"
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.RB [ - ] tentative " | [" - ] deprecated " | [" - ] dadfailed " |"
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.BR temporary " | " CONFFLAG-LIST " ]"
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.BR temporary " |"
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.IR CONFFLAG-LIST " ]"
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.ti -8
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.IR CONFFLAG-LIST " := [ "  CONFFLAG-LIST " ] " CONFFLAG
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.ti -8
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.IR CONFFLAG " := "
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.RB "[ " home " | " mngtmpaddr " | " nodad " | " noprefixroute " ]"
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.RB "[ " home " | " mngtmpaddr " | " nodad " | " noprefixroute " | " autojoin " ]"
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.ti -8
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.IR LIFETIME " := [ "
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@ -249,6 +250,26 @@ address, and don't search for one to delete when removing the address. Changing
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an address to add this flag will remove the automatically added prefix route,
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changing it to remove this flag will create the prefix route automatically.
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.TP
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.B autojoin
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Joining multicast groups on Ethernet level via
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.B "ip maddr"
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command does not work if connected to an Ethernet switch that does IGMP
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snooping since the switch would not replicate multicast packets on ports that
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did not have IGMP reports for the multicast addresses.
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Linux VXLAN interfaces created via
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.B "ip link add vxlan"
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have the
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.B group
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option that enables them to do the required join.
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Using the
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.B autojoin
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flag when adding a multicast address enables similar functionality for
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Openvswitch VXLAN interfaces as well as other tunneling mechanisms that need to
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receive multicast traffic.
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.SS ip address delete - delete protocol address
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.B Arguments:
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coincide with the arguments of
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